September 9th, Double Ninth Festival.

Zhang Chao brought the queen, prince, and a group of prime ministers and vassals to the mountain to see the distance.

Standing on the top of a high mountain, you can see the small mountains.

At the foot of the mountain, Danjiangkou Reservoir is like a pearl in the northwest of Beijing. This Danjiangkou Reservoir, which blocks the Danjiang River, is not only the source of domestic water for millions of people in the capital, but also the irrigation water for the Nanyang Basin.

Although the Xiang Deng Nanyang Basin is a plain, it has always been a serious drought. Since the Danjiangkou Reservoir was built, Dan water was diverted to the Fangshan Pass, and the West Canal was opened, the entire Xiang Deng Plain immediately changed from the past land that was flat but had few drought harvests, and turned into a rich and fertile soil.

"This Danjiangkou Reservoir has benefited countless times!"

Zhang Chao sat in the pavilion on the top of the mountain, looking at the water at the foot of the mountain and sighed.

The capital was moved to Dengzhou, then the Danjiangkou Reservoir was built, the Hanjiang Dam was built, the Fangcheng Pass was dug, the Western Canal was built, and the Danjiangkou Reservoir was built, and the Danba Road was built, so that more than 90% of the road sections between Hanjing and Chang'an could be navigated, and the Qinling Pass was rarely connected by land rail.

"The Qinling track of Danba Road is now an eight-track track in both directions, and it has become a smooth road between Hanjing and Chang'an."

Fang Xuanling also said with a smile that in the past, Chang'an was the starting point of the Silk Road, and later extended to Luoyang. Now, Hanjing is the real starting point of the Silk Road.

Whether it is the land Silk Road leading to Guanzhong, Hexi, Western Regions, and finally entering the West Sea, connecting Khasa and Rome, or starting from Hanjing, passing through the Yuhe River, Han River, and Yangtze River, then heading west along the coast, passing through the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, entering the Maritime Silk Road in the Mediterranean Sea.

"The world is ubiquitous." Ma Zhou was also amazed at the canals and roads that the imperial court has vigorously built over the years.

In the past, Lingnan was isolated from the Central Plains, and later he went to the sea more often.

Now, the imperial court has opened up the Five Ridge Channel from Jiangxi and Hunan, relying on the Xiang River, Ganjiang River and other rivers, and has opened up several national highways that can be used to travel in parallel among the mountains and ridges.

These national highways all start with Hanjing.

Hanguang Road is from Hanjing to Guangzhou, through Hubei and Jiangxi, crossing Daruling to Guangdong, and finally reaching Guangzhou.

Hanqin Road comes from Hanjing to Qinzhou, crosses Wuling through Hubei and Hunan to Guizhou, and then crosses the entire Guangxi territory to Qinzhou, southwest of Dagang.

There are more than these two national highways like this.

The Xianxialing Road Project connecting Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang has made the originally extremely closed Fujian region now open to various provinces.

The opening of several important national highways such as Guizhou-Yunnan Highway, Guizhou-Guangxi, Guizhou-Shu, Qingshu, Qingshu, Qingshu, Qingshu, and Tibetans has greatly enhanced the exchanges and control of the current Central Plains courts in the past border areas.

There are also many roads under construction in the court, such as the roads in the north.

If you want to be rich, build roads first.

And if you want to strengthen control, you also have to build roads first.

Without a road, you cannot truly control it, and you cannot be rich.

It is said that the bad young people in the mountains have produced unruly people, and this is also an objective reason. When life is poor, of course people have to be more fierce.

"King Fang, Ma Xiang, we have achieved very good results in building roads and rivers in recent years. The Belt and Road Initiative we decided to have initial results. Wherever the road is built, the businessmen will be connected, and the government's mastery will be reduced. Especially in the southwest region, it was a place that was not convinced by the royal world in the past, but now, we are constantly garrisoning troops there, building post offices, granaries, etc., and through the road, grain and grass are constantly being transferred and stored."

There is a road, then there is a military station, an inn, and a granary.

Only when the imperial court has these things can we station troops there, gain a foothold, attract merchants to build markets, etc., and implement land reform, distribution of land and land, and attract immigrants there.

To put it closer, although the southwest region has nominally surrendered to the Central Plains for many years, it has actually failed to have any control. Not to mention Yunnan's new way of putting it in place, even the southern part of Jiannan Road and Qianzhong area are still difficult to control. Instead, relying on the benefits of sea transportation, the imperial court's rule over Guangxi has been rapidly strengthened over the years.

The Southwest must strengthen control and let this area get out of barbaric primitiveness. Otherwise, this place that is poor and uncontrollable will sooner or later become a source of turmoil.

To go far, the imperial court could use this as a springboard to expand and conquer the inland areas of the Indochina Peninsula and finally fight to the beach.

Maybe this will be a goal that can only be achieved in one or two hundred years or even longer, but Zhang Chao believes that this is the correct strategic direction and must persist in it.

"The King of Nanzhao just passed away not long ago. Now several sons are competing for the throne. Although the court issued an edict to enthrone his eldest son to inherit the throne, they are not convinced. Yunnan is now in chaos, and tribes of all countries and countries have been brought in. Cheng Chumo asked the court to send troops to intervene!"

Privy Councilor Qin Qiong talked about a troublesome thing.

Yunnan has been gradually being controlled by the court in recent years. After the old Nanzhao King received the support of the court, he quickly defeated the other five Zhaos and became the leader under Nanzhao. Under his leadership, the situation in Yunnan in the past few years has been relatively stable.

It was no longer a closed area, and he also supported the imperial court to build roads, trade, and provide education there. But who would have thought that once he died, the good situation would be gone immediately.

"This is also an opportunity." Zhang Chao said.

He believes that the imperial court has been operating in Yunnan for some time, and this time it can further strengthen the control over there.

"The cabinet selects some powerful officials to serve as the governor, admiral and propaganda envoy of Yunnan. The current situation in Yunnan is a crisis, but the crisis is also an opportunity. This is the opportunity for the court to fully intervene in Yunnan, sending a team with more capable and toughness over there, and also sending several troops to enter."

"The cabinet thinks Wei Yunqi is the right candidate for the governor of Yunnan."

Wei Yunqi, a veteran general. During the Sui Dynasty, he was on a mission to the Turks. When the Khitan rebellion invaded, Wei Yunqi borrowed 20,000 troops from the Turks and marched all the way to the Khitan, defeated the Khitan rebels and killed tens of thousands of people.

It can be called a condemnation of the Confucian general.

He was also his deputy when Zhang Chao was stationed in Longyou. However, he was already a taller person.

"We are afraid that we are over seventy, right?"

"Mr. Wei is seventy-two this year, but he is very strong in body. He rides horses and shoots arrows, and does not lose his majesty at all."

Zhang Chao thought about it and found that although Wei Yunqi was old, she was really strong, so it would be fine to let him go over and take charge.

"Where are other candidates?"

"The cabinet recommended that the Cheng Department be appointed as the admiral of Yunnan silently, and Liu Shi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, was appointed as the envoy of Yunnan Xuanfu."

Cheng Chumo is Zhang Chao's favorite student. He has served as a Yunnan governor in Yunnan. He is very familiar and reliable there. As for Liu Shi, he is the uncle of Wang, the wife of Zhang Chao's fifth son Zhang Ke, and is also a famous family in Hedong.

He is both a relative and capable, and it is a bit aggrieved to be the Minister of War as the Yunnan Xuanfu Envoy. However, this is also an opportunity. If he can achieve success in Yunnan, he will definitely be more reused in the future.

What's more, there is a hidden rule in the court now. If an official wants to join the cabinet and become a disciple, he must have the experience of being the chief official, the governor of the state, and the envoy of the Daoxuan Punishment. This is a must.

Yunnan belongs to the border prefecture, and it is an exception to the Xuanfu Envoy, which is also an exception. However, Wei Yunqi was so old that he used to be a garrison, and the government affairs of Yunnan were mainly responsible for Liu Shi.

"First transfer two armies to the country and fight steadily. My requirement is to control and real control, not to say that we were caught in the civil strife and struggle of the Nanzhao Wang family in the past. No matter how they fought, we must control step by step. Every time we enter a place, we must change the land and return to the current, all households and people are assigned to the people, divide the land and give land, dispatch officials, and establish militias."

The Nanzhao royal family was in civil turmoil at this time, and the old pattern in Yunnan was broken.

Zhang Chao was dispatched troops at this time, not to help anyone compete for the position of King Nanzhao. What he wanted was to take the opportunity to promote the transformation of land and return to the current and take Yunnan back from King Nanzhao.

"Will you be too anxious to change the land and return to the current?"

Fang Xuanling was relatively cautious. When the civil strife in Yunnan, the imperial court sent troops there at this time. It should be said that the people in Yunnan were willing to see it. After all, no one wanted to see the war.

But if the court wants to change its territory at this time, I am afraid that the local people will be unhappy. What they hope is to maintain the original state and welcome the court to reconcile, but they are unwilling to lose the interests in their hands.

"The only ones who don't want to be the chiefs and leaders. The people below probably want us to help them change their days."

In many places in Yunnan, tribal slavery is actually implemented, and the people in the tribe are divided into different levels. The vast majority of people actually live a very average life, and only those leaders live a better life.

There are also slaves in the Central Plains itself, and Zhang Chao is not a slave liberator. But if the tribe leaders in Yunnan must firmly oppose the transformation of land and return to the current situation and refuse to be honestly a good citizen of Dahua's rule, then Zhang Chao would not mind setting up a satellite in Yunnan.

Just take the blame to overthrow the local tyrants and share the land, and defeat all the old people, so that more people can become free and good people in Dahua, and share the land and give them land.

"If you do this, you will be barren and have a lot of people."

"Revolution is not about treating guests to dinner. We must firmly hold Yunnan in our hands. Those leaders are definitely unwilling to do so. Since this is the case, use the strong when it should be used. Now, kill a group of people, and you can protect Yunnan from now on as the territory of the court. This is a method that should be used as long as possible."

Anyway, those priests were not the cornerstones of the Dahua Empire. Those priests were not the nobles of Dahua. They were all outsiders to the noble officials of the Tang Dynasty and even the people.
Chapter completed!